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John Piper

John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God and The Pleasures of God. Read more about John.

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Reflections on His Last Sermon As Pastor

Reflections on His Last Sermon As Pastor

As Pastor John preached his farewell sermon, he wanted to point Bethlehem to the great shepherd who would be with them long after he was gone.

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How Are Teachers Judged More Strictly?

How Are Teachers Judged More Strictly?

Because teachers have been given more, God will hold them more accountable. He will judge them on how they used the opportunity they were given.

Letter to a Parent Grieving the Loss of a Child

Letter to a Parent Grieving the Loss of a Child

A grieving mother, who recently had given birth to a stillborn son, wrote to Pastor John asking for counsel and comfort. Here’s what he wrote back.

Leap and Weep: Pondering Again That It’s Over

People continue to ask me how it feels. “You were a pastor non-stop for 33 years. Now you’re not. How does it feel?” I have been tongue-tied too many times. So I have tried to come up with the shortest…

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How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?

How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?

God designed sex to bring joy, and he reserved this gift for marriage. How can we guard ourselves to avoid awakening sexual feelings outside marriage?

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What Is the Purpose of Fasting?

What Is the Purpose of Fasting?

Fasting only adds to our hunger for God. Through fasting, we put our stomach where our hearts are to give added intensity to our ache for Jesus.

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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same Deity?

Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same Deity?

Pastor John explains why Muslims do not worship the God of the Bible.

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Was Jesus for Real?

Was Jesus for Real?

How can we be sure that Jesus is who he said he is? Can we have any assurance the Jesus we read about in the Bible is real?

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Is Jesus the Only Way to Be Saved?

Is Jesus the Only Way to Be Saved?

It might feel unloving to say that Jesus is the only way, but it would be even more unloving not to.

Recommissioned and Ready to Launch

For 33 years Bethlehem put bread on our table. They paid our salary. They didn’t muzzle this ox while he was treading out the grain (1 Timothy 5:18). They were the hands of God in meeting our needs. I am…

Farewell Words to Bethlehem Baptist Church

Recommissioning Service for John Piper

As John Piper steps away from his pastoral role at Bethlehem Baptist Church, he reflects on his ministry with heartfelt gratitude to God.

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What Do You Think of Your Influence on Christian Hip Hop?

What Do You Think of Your Influence on Christian Hip Hop?

At least twelve rap songs have been directly influenced by Pastor John, how does he feel about this legacy?

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The Parent’s Role in a Child’s Gender Development

The Parent’s Role in a Child’s Gender Development

God calls parents to love their children enough to shape them into future men and women. But how much influence should a parent have?

No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness

No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness

God does not afflict you dispassionately. He cares deeply for you, and is using painful trials to make you better.

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Wimpy Theology Makes Wimpy Women

Wimpy Theology Makes Wimpy Women

Pastors and husbands reject complementarity when they cripple women by not encouraging them to study, mediate, and ponder deeply.

The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon

Inaugural Spurgeon Lecture | Reformed Theological Seminary

Charles Spurgeon was the kind of Calvinist who would have celebrated the founding of the Nicole Institute of Baptist Studies at this non-Baptist Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. One of the reasons we can know this is that Spurgeon appointed…

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What Is “Strong Feminine Womanhood?”

What Is “Strong Feminine Womanhood?”

A hope-filled woman finds her strength in the God who comforts her as she finds shelter in him.

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Advice for Discouraged, Unemployed College Grads

Advice for Discouraged, Unemployed College Grads

Worried about where you will work? God’s mercy finds us even when the job search leaves us defeated.

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Jesus the Son of God, the Son of Mary

The Gospel Coalition 2013 National Conference

Only in one place in the Gospel of Luke does the author speak in the first person, referring to himself. He does this three times in the first four verses of the book: Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile…

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The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim: A Joyfully Serious Courage in the Cause of World Missions

The Gospel Coalition Missions Conference

2 Corinthians 5:1–10, For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan…

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How Do Believers Exceed the Works of Jesus?

How Do Believers Exceed the Works of Jesus?

Jesus promised that we would do greater works than he did. What does that mean, and have you done any?

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Future Grace (Q&A)

Desiring God 2013 Regional Conference

Living by faith in future grace does not undermine the importance of gratitude, but rather emphasizes the repeated biblical testimony that the Christian life is a life of faith.

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Future Grace (Part 2)

Desiring God 2013 Regional Conference

Trusting future grace in all that God promises to be for us in Jesus is the only way to successfully put sin to death and live a life of love.

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Fasting from Twitter and Facebook

Fasting from Twitter and Facebook

Social media can reveal how much we love to be known and liked. It’s one mirror revealing our fear of man.

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Future Grace (Part 1)

Desiring God 2013 Regional Conference

Faith in future grace is essential for God to be glorified in our lives of holiness.

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